159. Rani Patel & Ete Davies on black female leadership | VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson merger

<p>Rani Patel, co-founder and managing director at Calling; Ete Davies, chief operating officer at Dentsu Creative EMEA; and Sharon Lloyd-Barnes, commercial director and inclusion lead at the Advertising Association, discuss Black History Month.</p><br><p>Patel highlights the need for agencies to bring in "new thinkers" among black women – a pool of talent that she believes is "untapped". Davies added that the industry needs "lateral thinking" now more than ever, particularly in the creative space because it's being challenged on it's value. </p><br><p>Lloyd-Barnes talks about the Ad Association's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/census-results-sexism-wanes-minority-representation-improves/1822343" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All In Census findings.</a></p><br><p>Meanwhile&nbsp;<em>Campaign</em>'s creativity and culture editor Gurjit Degun and reporter Shauna Lewis discuss the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/wpp-merges-vmly-r-wunderman-thompson/1841811" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R merger</a>&nbsp;and results from&nbsp;<em>Campaign</em>'s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/faces-watch-rising-talent-wants-adland/1841855" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Faces to Watch survey.</a></p><br><p>Further reading:</p><br><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/why-now-analysts-react-wunderman-thompson-vmly-r-merger/1844267" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Why now?’: analysts react to Wunderman Thompson-VMLY&R merger</a></p><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/faces-watch-rising-talent-wants-adland/1841855" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Faces to Watch: what rising talent wants from adland</a></p><p><a href="https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/census-results-sexism-wanes-minority-representation-improves/1822343" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All In Census results: sexism wanes as minority representation improves</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>